SI enjoying her blueberries. |
DD learning about too much of a good thing. |
I arrived home 45 minutes after bedtime to find a darkened, TV flickering living room. SI and our sitter, E, were leaning against the couch watching Hell's Kitchen. DD was literally running circles around the living room. Both girls were in their adorable footie pajamas.
SI the angel. |
They were both pleased to see me, no doubt, but their reactions to seeing me were very different. SI was definitely fading, and she took my arrival as an indication that bedtime would be very soon. It even seemed to be a bit of relief to her. DD became so excited about my presence that all she could do was flail her arms and laugh.
I read a bedtime story, that DD refused to acknowledge. As I read she ran progressively smaller circles, eventually collapsing on a pile of pillows. SI sat on my lap and turned the pages happily. Then the girls went into their cribs without complaint, and went directly to sleep. They did not pass go. They did not collect $200.
DD likes you! |
They're both very self contained children, SI is happy to look out the window for what feels like hours. Even in the car, when she's offered a plethora of toys, mostly the scenery going by is what she wants to enjoy. SI picks something to keep her interest and it keeps it- longer than I can generally pay attention to just about anything. DD is very task oriented. She'll start stacking blocks, or hammering away at her little tool bench, and as soon as she's decided she's done (and she is extremely decisive) she moves on to something else. Something equally sweet and harmless.
Right now? They eating ice cream cones (sans ice cream), and playing on the floor under the table. SI is peeking out the window, DD moving from toy to toy to toy.
They've very different little people. And they're becoming more like people I want to know every day.
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